Nick, our family elf, has been bringing us a gingerbread house each season for the last few years. I assume Nick realizes that this is a pretty wasteful project, so I make sure to compost the house and recycle the box at least. I’m not sure elves take zero waste all that seriously. Anyway, Nick brings the gingerbread house direct from the North Pole, wrapped in official Santa wrapping paper. It’s so nice that we have an elf that does this so that I don’t have to. If I did have to take care of it, (which I most certainly do not) I would make sure to pick up a pre-built gingerbread house from Target as soon as they hit the shelves. The first time Nick brought us a gingerbread house, it was the kind that you assemble. It seemed simple enough but due to some structural deficiencies, it collapsed about two seconds before I took the picture of this lovely home. Sadness ensued and Christmas was ruined. Just kidding, Christmas wasn’t ruined but the kids were bummed because they had worked really hard on it. We have a strange humor in our home and we often accuse one another or even blame arbitrary events, of ruining Christmas. The moral of this story is that a gingerbread house decorated together is a magical holiday tradition. Also, make sure your elf gets pre-built, so you don’t have to concern yourself with structural integrity.
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